wander
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
The gypsies roamed the woods
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Sense 2 verb
be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage
She cheats on her husband
Types & categories
- deceive hypernym
- two-time hyponym
- play around hyponym
Related & opposite
- cuckold derivation
Sense 3 verb
go via an indirect route or at no set pace
After dinner, we wandered into town
Types & categories
- go forward hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course
the river winds through the hills
Types & categories
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Sense 5 verb
lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking
She always digresses when telling a story
Types & categories
- tell hypernym
Related & opposite
- digression derivation
- digression derivation
- excursive derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | ramble |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | wandering |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | drifting |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | stray |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | vagabond |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | hiker |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | rambler |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | straggler |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | vagrant |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | bird of passage |
| 1 | verb group | Related & opposite | stray |
| 1 | verb group | Related & opposite | wander |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | move |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | maunder |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | gad |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | cuckold |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | deceive |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | two-time |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | play around |
| 3 | verb group | Related & opposite | stray |
| 3 | verb group | Related & opposite | meander |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | go forward |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | ramble |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | meander |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | ribbon |
| 4 | verb group | Related & opposite | wander |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | move |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | snake |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | digression |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | digression |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | excursive |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | tell |